#AA9B30#AA9B30

#AA9B30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.125 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B30
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 71.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.51, -6.76, 55.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.51, 55.54, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.31% -0.0241 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(68.31% 0.125 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8337, 32.2034, 7.4928)
Luminance	0.3220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B30 #303FAA

analogous

#AA5E30 #AA9B30 #7CAA30

triadic

#AA9B30 #30AA9B #9B30AA

tetradic

#AA9B30 #30AA5E #303FAA #AA307C

square

#AA9B30 #30AA5E #303FAA #AA307C

split-complementary

#AA9B30 #307CAA #5E30AA

monochromatic

#4B4415 #7A6F23 #AA9B30 #CCBC4B #DACE7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AA9B30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B30

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B30	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.125 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86f',
    500: '#aa9b30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b30;
$custom-light: #c7b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.623,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68314,
    "c": 0.12483,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32202
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B30

secondary

#747DC2

accent

#5BDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B30

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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